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Brandon Flowers’ Schedule Blooms
The Desired Effect is set for release May 19 via Island Records. The Killers’ frontman worked on the album with producer Aril Rechtshaid and a long list of musicians including Bruce Horsby, The Dirty Projectors’ Angel Deradoorian, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Killers’ Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and Haim’s Danielle Haim
Fans who preorder The Desired Effect will get first dibs on tickets via a presale that begins April 22. The deluxe CD bundle comes with a T-shirt, autographed CD and two bonus digital tracks – “The Desired Effect” and “Btwn Me ‘N U” – that will be not be available in any other U.S. digital or physical format.
All preorders come with the instant grat track “Still Want You.” Last week Flowers released a video for the tune, which was directed by Warren Fu.
“I was immediately drawn to this song when I first heard it … It is so catchy, but a bit left field sonically, a strange concoction of rock/gospel,” Fu said, according to Noisey. “When I heard the chorus I pictured hands in front his face doing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil type moves. When I showed [producer] Ariel Rechtshaid an early edit he said he loved it but, ‘put more hands. It’s iconic.”
Check it out below.
Following an appearance at Detroit’s Mo Pop Festival, the tour continues with a July 27 show in Millvale, Pa. Here’s the schedule.
July 27 – Millvale, Pa., Mr. Small’s Theatre
July 29 – Washington, D.C., Echostage
July 30 – Philadelphia, Pa., Electric Factory
July 31 – Cleveland, Ohio, House Of Blues
Aug. 3 – Boston, Mass., House Of Blues Boston
Aug. 4 – New York, N.Y., Terminal 5
Aug. 7 – Squamish, British Columbia, Logger Sports Grounds (Squamish Valley Music Festival)
Aug. 9 – Milwaukee, Wis., The Rave
Aug. 10 – Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall
Aug. 11 – Richmond, Va., The National
Aug. 13 – Charlotte, N.C., Fillmore Charlotte
Aug. 14 – Raleigh, N.C., The Ritz
Aug. 15 – Norfolk, Va., NorVa
Aug. 17 – Atlanta, Ga., The Tabernacle
Aug. 18 – Orlando, Fla., The Beacham
Aug. 19 – Miami Beach, Fla., Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theater
Sept. 2 – Oakland, Calif., Fox Theater
Sept. 3 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
Sept. 10 – Minneapolis, Minn., First Avenue
Sept. 11 – Chicago, Ill., Riviera Theatre
Sept. 24 – Tempe, Ariz., Tempe Beach Park (Summer Ends Music Festival)
Sept. 26 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Wiltern
Oct. 1 – El Paso, Texas, Tricky Falls
Mo Pop, which takes place July 25-26, has not released its daily lineup yet.
Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public April 24. For more information visit BrandonFlowersMusic.com